MSRP:

$799.00

Overall Rating: 4.6

If you like this machine, we would recommend taking a look at the 990 CSE. You get a better value in our opinion with extra durability and features for a little extra money.</p> The Proform 14.0 CE is a good choice at $799. Still, fitness equipment sold at this price is bound to have its flaws. This is just too cheap to make an effective, long lasting elliptical. You might as well save up an extra $200, so you can get a machine that will have quality high enough to make it worth purchasing.</p> Ergonomically speaking, this model is one of the best you can get for the price. Several models that cost over $1,000 more offer a similarly natural range of motion. The adjustability is better than most of the ellipticals selling for $799, but an extra hundred dollars can help you find models that offer more options as far as adjustability. The power incline ramp has a nice range, but unfortunately the stride length is fixed at 18". You just have to hope that works with your particular body type.</p> As far as projected reliability is concerned, this model does well. You're not going to find a model that has a longer life expectancy without paying at least a couple hundred extra dollars. Similarly, the quality of parts is better than you'd think when you see the price tag. It's nothing special, but for cheaper models, you can't do any better than this.</p> The noise levels are below average. Most ellipticals make the same amount of noise regardless of price, and this is one of the few that is louder. In all fairness, most that are louder have a similar cost, but you can find models that make less noise during operation without having to pay more for it.</p> The warranty on the Profrom 14.0 CE is pretty bad. Labor and parts are covered for 1 year, while the frame is covered for life. This isn't an uncommon amount of coverage for inexpensive models like this one. The cheap models won't last very long, and the manufacturers know it.</p>

General Information

These products are produced by Icon Health and Fitness. They are the largest retail fitness company. This is one of the original Icon brands and can be found in most mass merchants. They typically range between $500 and $1,500 and have short warranties for the most part, although we have seen a shift in regard to that on mainly motors in some units. The higher end units have much longer warranties. The gee-whiz factor is high on these machines because they are packed with features, but some of these features can be glitch prone. Except for the higher priced units with a selling price of $1000 or more, we wouldn't recommend these for serious runners, but the quality of the machine is so much better than those produced just a few years ago. Most people who are walkers or occasional joggers will be satisfied with the new Proforms.

Quality / Philosophy

Proform is produced by Icon, a company with thousands of employees and large resources. Put simply, their machines have the best design in the business. Icon has a long, storied history that provides an example of how the big keep getting bigger. Icon used to be the mass-market darling because of their cheap prices, but they had the quality to match. These days they put quality into the machines and pack them with features. On the low end, expect low quality, but that is more of a function of price rather than engineering. Proform is still saddled with many problematic models from their past, but the quality has rapidly improved, especially with their machines in the $900 and up range.

Outlook

Icon is the largest fitness equipment producer in the world with over $1 billion in sales. If the fitness industry were a solar system, Icon is so powerful that they would be the Sun. In terms of stability they are the best, but overall their customer service isn't up to the standards of any of the lower volume producers. They have promised an improvement on this and have new management in the service department, so we hope this helps. Although you get a value price for the product, you also get value service, so keep this in mind when buying their machines. Due to the sheer number of units they produce, we pick up support in many cases where this factory leaves off.